Reinforced ice-cream tub



' B. H. FRICK.

REINFORCED ICE CREAM TUB. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 16. 1919.

1 344, 8 76 -Pgtented June 29, 1920.

' BENJAMINE'H. rRIoK, or ADA, OKLAHOMA.

REINFORCED ICE-CREAM TUB.

Application filed October 16, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMINE H. FRToK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ada, in the county of Pontotoc and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforced Ice- I Cream Tubs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved shipping tub or container, being particularly designed for useas an ice cream tub and has as one'of its principal objects to provide a tub which will be extremelystout and which will, in unusual degree, be pro tected against accidental injury.

The'invention has as a further object to provide a tub reinforced at its bottom by an angle hoop overlying the anglebetween the body and bottom wall of the tub and being adapted to protect the lower ends of the tub staves as well as alsoprotect the marginal portion of thebottom wall of the tub.

Theinvention has as'a further object to provide a tub wherein the bottom hoop will also be formed with an extension or protecting plate surrounding the bunghole of the tub and adapted to prevent mutilation of the adjacent tub stave in removing a bung from the bunghole.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a tub employing a chair neied hoop overlying the upper ends of the tub stares for protecting the staves at their upper extremities.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved tub,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken centrally through the tub, V Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the bung tube of the device, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation looking at the inner end of the" bung tube.

In carrying the invention into effect, my improved tub is formed with a body wall 10 which is constructed of a plurality of suitable staves and closing the tub at its lower end is a bottom wall 11. Encircling the body wall of the tub at the upper end thereof is a channeled top hoop 12 embracing the upper ends of the stavesL This hoop is preferably formed of some suitable non-corrosive metal and engaging through the side Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 29, 1920.

Serial N01 381.05L

flanges of the hoop and through the upper endportions of the staves is a plurality of rivets or other suitable fastening devices 13 securing the'hoop in position; As will be clear, this hoop will thus protectthe staves of the tub at their upper ends. This is a particularly advantageous feature ina tub of the present character since in tamping ice within the tub about a container of ice cream, a metal tamper-is very often employed with the result that the upper ends of thetub staves arestruck and mutilated. The hoop 12 will prevent this mutilation of the staves and will, therefore,materially contribute to the durability of the tub.

Encircling the tub at a pointapproximately midway between the top and bottom,

thereof is anintermediate hoop .14. This hoop is also preferably formed of suitable non-corrosive metal and securing the hoop in position is a plurality of rivets or other suitable fastening devices 15 engaging at spaced points through the hoop and through the tub staves. Struck from the hoop at each side of the tub isa pair of outwardly bent lugs 16 and swingingly mounted upon each pair of lugs is a handle 17 provided at its ends with laterally directed terminals 18. When the handles are grasped and swung upwardly to a substantially horizontal position, the terminals 1.8'thereof will contact V with the hoop for limiting the handles against further swinging movement when the handles will be rigidly supported so that the tub may be readily lifted thereby. Since the terminals of the handlesare movable to abut directly against the hoop, mutilation of the body wall of the tub by said terminals will be prevented. a

- Encircling the body wall of the tub at the bottom thereof, is an angle bottom hoop 19 overlying the angle between the body and bottom walls of the tub. This hoop is also preferably formed of some suitable noncorrosive metal and the vertical flange thereof extends well upwardly upon the body wallwhile the horizontal flange of said hoop projects a considerable distance beneath the bottom wall 11. Engaging through the vertical flange of the hoop and through the body wall of the tub is a pluralityof rivets I embedded in the bottom'wall 11. The bot-' tom hoop will thus reinforce the bottom Wall ll of the tub and will also protect the tub staves at their lower ends. This is also a particularly advantageous feature in a device of the present character since an ice cream tub is, in the course of shipment, very often dropped onto a platform or dropped to the ground which results in splitting the lower ends of the tub staves as-well asbulging out the bottom wall of the tub. The hoop 19 will, as will be appreciated, prevent such splitting of the staves and will also minimize the possibility of displacement of the bottom wall. Furthermore, it has heretofore proven quite difficult to properly re new the bottom of. a tub owing to the trouble experienced in permanently securing the tub bottom in place. However, it will be observed that even should the bottom wall of the tub become loosened, the hoop 19 will prevent accidental displacement thereof and will normally secure the bottom wall tightly within the tub.

'Upstanding from the upper edge of the vertical flange of the bottom hoop at one side thereof is an extension or protecting plate 22 surrounding the bunghole 23 through the body wall of the tub. The

plate 22 is preferably formed integral with the bottom hoop and engaging through the plate and through the body wallis a plurality of spaced rivets or other suitable fas tening devices 24: firmly securing the plate in position. Removably fitted through the plate and through the bunghole is a hung tube 25 provided at its outer end with a squared head 26 seating flat against the plate 22. Threaded upon the inner end of said tube is a nut 27 provided at one side, as particularly shown in Fig. 4, with a flat face to seat fiat against the bottom wall of the tub. This fiat face will thus coact with the bottom wall for holding the nut against turning movement so that a wrench may be readily applied to the head 26 of the tube for rotating the tube to tighten the nut upon the inner end thereof. The tube may thus be firmly secured in position and as will be noted upon reference to Fig. 3, the tube is preferably formed with a tapered opening therethrough. Consequently, a suitable plug may be readily driven into the tube for closing the bung opening of the tube. Particular attention is now directed to the fact that the plate will prevent mutilation of the body wall of the tub about theouter end of the bung tube. This is a further particular feature of advantage in a device of the present character since an ice cream tub must be often drained. Further, experience has shown that parties into whose hands the tub is delivered very often use a hatchet or other sharp tool in removing the plug of the tub. This results in cutting and otherwise mutilating the body wall of the tub about the bung opening. In the present construction, this mutilation will be overcome. Also, the bung tube will prevent mutilation such as would be brought about by driving an improper plug directly into the bung opening of the tub or driving a plug too tightly into said opening. It'will accordingly be seen that I provide a highly effective construction for the purpose set forth and a tub which is, at the same time, characterized. by commendable simplicity.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A container of the character described including a container body closed at one end by a. bottom wall, a hoop embracing the upper edge of the body, a hoop overlying the angle between the body and the bottom wall, an intermediate hoop encircling the body at a point between the first hoops and having pairs of lugs struck therefrom, and handles mounted to swing upon said pairs of lugs and provided with angularly disposed terminals movable to coact with the intermediate hoop for limiting the handles 7 in their upward swinging movement.

2. A container of the character described including a container body having a hung opening and closed at one end by a bottom wall, and an angle. shaped hoophaving a vertical flange encircling the body at its bottom and a horizontal flange extending beneath the bottom wall, there being a protecting plate upstanding from the vertical flange and surrounding said bung opening.

A container of the character described including a container body having a hung opening and closed at one end by a bottom wall, an angle shaped hoop having a vertical flange encircling the body at its bottom and a horizontal flange extending beneath the bottom wall, there being a protecting plate upstanding from the vertical flange and surrounding said bung opening, and a bung tube extending through the plate and the bung opening.

. 4'. A container of the character described including a container body having a bung opening and closed at one end by a bottom wall, an angle shaped hoop having a vertical flange encircling the body at its bottom and a horizontal flange extending beneath the bottom wall, there being a protecting plate upstanding from the vertical flange and surrounding said bung opening, a bung tube extending through the plate and the bung opening, and a nut threaded upon the inner end of the tube and secun ing the tube in position, the nut being provided with aflat face to coact with the bottom wall for locking the nut against rotation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' BENJAMINE H. FRICK. 

